Hi!
Long story short, I bought some Asian glass catfish for my main tank today.
They had been in the shop for quite some time. I asked the guy how long they had been there, and he told me it had been 8 weeks.
So, I naively thought, "Well, okay, that seems safe. They've pretty much already been quarantined." They wrapped the fish in paper bags to avoid stressing them, and I acclimated them in the same paper-wrapped bag. When I released them into my tank, one of them just dropped to the bottom. Due to stress and its bent spine, it couldn't swim.
I quickly removed it and placed it in a hospital tank. It can swim, but it has a severely bent spine. I suspect this isn't a new issue since its lower fin looks a bit damaged/worn, as does its tail. I assume it's because it has to rest at the bottom of the tank quite often? Or maybe it's related to its condition, I don't know.
Now, I've been searching for "Asian glassfish bent spine," and ALL the results suggest "Fish TB" (Fish Tuberculosis / M. marinum). I'm freaking out because I don't want my fish to get infected, nor do I want to contract it myself.
So, what do you guys think? Should I be concerned, or is it just a fish with a bent spine and nothing more?
Long story short, I bought some Asian glass catfish for my main tank today.
They had been in the shop for quite some time. I asked the guy how long they had been there, and he told me it had been 8 weeks.
So, I naively thought, "Well, okay, that seems safe. They've pretty much already been quarantined." They wrapped the fish in paper bags to avoid stressing them, and I acclimated them in the same paper-wrapped bag. When I released them into my tank, one of them just dropped to the bottom. Due to stress and its bent spine, it couldn't swim.
I quickly removed it and placed it in a hospital tank. It can swim, but it has a severely bent spine. I suspect this isn't a new issue since its lower fin looks a bit damaged/worn, as does its tail. I assume it's because it has to rest at the bottom of the tank quite often? Or maybe it's related to its condition, I don't know.
Now, I've been searching for "Asian glassfish bent spine," and ALL the results suggest "Fish TB" (Fish Tuberculosis / M. marinum). I'm freaking out because I don't want my fish to get infected, nor do I want to contract it myself.
So, what do you guys think? Should I be concerned, or is it just a fish with a bent spine and nothing more?